My boyfriend is in America. How can I get married when I return home?

It's been eight years now, so count as Chinese-American! Staying there for a long time is not necessarily Chinese-American. By Chinese-American, I mean a Chinese who has been naturalized in the United States, provided that he has lived in the United States for five years with a green card, then applied to the Immigration Bureau, then took the exam of American Basic History and Basic Life English (which is super easy for people who read English in the book club), and then waited for 6- 10 months to take the oath, then he is a Chinese-American. So, has your boyfriend become an American citizen? If you are naturalized in the United States, you are Chinese-American, and you are also a foreigner at the legal level. Suppose your boyfriend is a Chinese-American, even if he returns to China, he can't reissue any resident ID card. But you can still get married. You and your boyfriend go to the marriage law office where your household registration is located, and bring your household registration book and resident ID card.

Foreigners who register for marriage shall present the following documents and supporting materials:

(a) my valid passport or other valid international travel documents;

(2) A certificate issued by the notary office or competent authority of the host country, certified by the embassies (consulates) of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China in that country or by the embassy (consulate) of China in that country, or a certificate issued by the embassy (consulate) of China in that country that I have no spouse (in fact, it is a certificate issued by the embassy or consulate of China in the United States for your boyfriend).

The above is the first case, and the second case. If your boyfriend is not an American citizen, he still has this American green card and China nationality (or China citizen), and his identity is overseas Chinese (not American Chinese). A green card is a permanent residence card, so having this card is not equal to American nationality at all, so he is still a China citizen. In this case, he can get married (even if he can't change his China resident ID card) and bring your household registration book.

Overseas Chinese applying for marriage registration shall issue the following documents and supporting materials:

(1) My valid China passport;

(2) A certificate issued by a notary office or competent authority in the country of residence and certified by the People's Republic of China and the China Embassy (Consulate) in the United States that I have no spouse and no lineal or collateral blood relationship with the other party within three generations, or a certificate issued by the People's Republic of China and the China Embassy (Consulate) in the United States that I have no spouse and no lineal or collateral blood relationship with the other party within three generations.

If your boyfriend "can" reissue a domestic resident ID card (provided that there is a domestic account), it is of course the best, convenient and refreshing.

Supplementing the third floor, there is no such thing as household registration and ID card in the United States, and the usual driver's license is used as an "ID card". "Use his American ID card to handle it at the American Embassy in China and move the registered permanent residence to the United States"-what a wonderful idea, there is no verb to move the registered permanent residence in the United States. I don't know. I've been in America for nine years. In fact, after marriage, if he is a Chinese-American, he can apply for your immigration to the United States, and the waiting time is about 1 year. If he is an American green card resident (overseas Chinese), he can also apply for your immigration to the United States and wait for about 4.5 years. The best he can do is to apply for your immigration, not to transfer his household registration, but to go to the US Immigration Bureau, not to embassies and consulates in China. I'm an American citizen, too. I want to go back to China and marry my girlfriend, but I don't want to go again.

The following is the website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China.